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J. W. HOLTRING.

- SUSPENDERS.

Patented June 1.3, 1882,.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHANN W. HGLTBING, OF BARMEN, GERMANY.

SUVSPENDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,543, dated June 13, 1882.

i Application filed April 15,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHANN WILHELM HGLTRING, of Barmen, Germany, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in suspenders, whereby the Suspender-bands will fit closely on the body in all positions of the body and will not cause pain by any undue pressure; and a further object is to provide for a convenient adjustment of the suspenders and to permit fastening the suspenders to the pants by means of four buttons only in place of six buttons, required heretofore.

The invention consists in suspenders hav ing the rings to which the button-hole straps at the ends of the bands are attached united by side straps resting against the sides of the body above the hips, whereby a triple joint will be formed at each end of each band, whereby the folding of the straps or undue pressure of the same on the body is avoided. The button-hole straps are attached to two buttons on each side of the pants, which buttons are placed aboutcquidistant to the front and rear of the side seam of the pants.

' Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved suspenders. Fig. 2 is a perspective rear View of the same, showing the manner in which they are attached to the pants and support the pants on the body.

To the rear end of each suspender-band A a leather or cloth loop, B, is attached, and a ring, 0, is held in each loop B. To each ring 0 a rear button-hole strap, D, is attached.

The front end of each band A passes through a buckle, E, attached to a tongue, F, provided with a button, G, attached to it in any suitable manner. A button-hole loop, H, is passed over this button, and to this loop H a D-shaped or other ring, J, is held, to which the front button-hole strap, K, is attached.

A strap, L, provided with a buckle, M, for

passes The rings 0 J canbe dispensed with, if desired, and the strap L'can be attached to'the buckles E by means of books, and the straps K can be attached directly to the buckles; but the construction shown is preferred.

The suspenders are secured to the pants in the following manner: The front buttons N are passed through the button-holes of the front straps, K, and the rear buttons N are passed through the button-holes in the rear straps, D, the bands A being crossed on the back and the straps L resting against the sides of the body above the hips, as shown in Fig. 2.

The supporting parts of the bands A can be lengthened or shortened by means of the buckles E, and the suspenders can be adjusted to be more orless tautby means of the straps L.

These suspenders will always fit closely on the body, whether the person stands erect or bends or stoops. The bands can never fold or chafe, nor cannot press on the body to produce pain-that is to say, the suspenders always adjust themselves according to the position of the body, for at the front and rear ends of each band A a triple front is formed of the loops B, the rings (J, the button-hole straps D,

and the straps L at the rear, and the rings J the button-hole strap K, the button-hole loop H, and the strap L at the front.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent- 1. Suspenders constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with side straps connecting the front and rear rings, to which the button-hole straps and the bands are attached, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the suspenderbands A, of the loops B, the rings (J, the button-hole straps D, and the straps L, attached to the ring 0 and to the front ends of the bands or parts attached to the front ends of the bands, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the suspenderstraps A, of the loops B, the rings 0, the button-hole straps D, the straps L, the button-hole straps K, the rings J, the loops H, the buttons G, the tongues F, and the buckles E, attached to the same, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. Suspenders composed of crossed straps tially as herein shown and described, and for 20 the purpose set forth.

JOHANN WILHELM HULTRING.

Witnesses FRITZ HAAS, RUD. TEMER. 

